SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Advisory Committee on
Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) will meet on June 25-26, 1997, at the
Frances Perkins Department of Labor Building, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC. ACCSH was established under section 107(e)(1) of the Contract
Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 333) and section 7(b) of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 656).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For Further Information Contact: Theresa
Berry, Office of Public Affairs, Room N-3647, Telephone 202-219-8615, at the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC, 20210. An official record of the meeting will be available
for public inspection at the OSHA Docket Office, Room N-2625, Telephone
202-219-7894. All ACCSH meetings and those of its workgroups are open to the
public. Individuals with disabilities requiring appropriate accommodations
should contact Theresa Berry no later than June 20 at the address above.
ACCSH will meet on June 25 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Room N-5437A-C and
June 26 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Room N-3437A-D.

Various ACCSH Work Groups will meet on June 25, 26, and 27. On June 24,
1997, the Training Work Group will meet in Room S-3215A-B from 9:00 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. and the Confined Space Work Group will meet in Room N-3637 from
11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. On June 26, the Safety and Health Program Management
Standard Work Group will meet in Room N-3437A-D from 2:00-4:00 p.m. On June
27, the Training Work Group will meet from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Room
S-3215A-B.

On June 25, ACCSH and OSHA will discuss:

General activities of the Directorate of Construction (DOC), (focusing on
inspection statistics, construction-related fatalities and DOC projects);

Allocation of OSHA liability between contractors. In addition, the Work
Groups on Training, Confined Spaces and the Safety and Health Program
Management Standard will report to the full Advisory Committee and the
Committee will discuss those reports.

On June 26, NIOSH will brief the ACCSH on its construction-related
activities. OSHA and ACCSH will discuss:

OSHA reinvention;

Compliance assistance and resources;

Respirator standard;

Decontamination practices and issues for such Substances as lead, asbestos
and silica; and

Training programs.

Interested persons may submit written data, views or comments, preferably
with 20 copies, to Theresa Berry, at the address above. Those submissions
received prior to the meeting will be provided to ACCSH and will be included
in the record of the meeting.

Interested persons may also request to make an oral presentation by
notifying Theresa Berry before the meeting. The request must state the amount
of time desired, the interest that the person represents, and a brief outline
of the presentation. ACCSH may grant requests, as time permits, at the
discretion of the Chair of ACCSH.

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